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Jun 17, 2024 · There’s a story about Alexander Duff who was a missionary to India, and on one of his trips back home to Scotland, he was speaking at a church and collapsed. A doctor was called and the doctor told him not to go back and speak or you will die. Duff replied, I’ll die if I don’t.
6 days ago · These efforts were followed by those of Alexander Duff (1806–78), who established the pattern for an entire educational system, including colleges, in India. By the 1860s education for women had advanced and nurses ’ training had begun; the vast majority of Indian nurses also have been Christian.
Jun 14, 2024 · He sailed to Scotland to meet pioneer missionary Alexander Duff who had worked in India. Duff encouraged him in his desire as did other leaders of the Scots churches. Mackay was about to apply with one of the British mission agencies when he received favorable word from home.
6 days ago · Archives Unbound: Global Missions and Theology includes personal narratives, organizational records and biographies of leaders, missionaries and churches. Includes materials on American domestic and foreign missionary activities, 1800-1899. More information.
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1 day ago · Christian IX of Denmark (April 8, 1818 – January 29, 1906) ruled Denmark from 1863 to 1906. Known as the "father-in-law of Europe", [1] he and his wife, Louise of Hesse-Kassel (September 7, 1817 – September 29, 1898), became the ancestors of many members of European royalty. Some of these descendants would play a role in the history of ...
Jun 28, 2024 · The Catholic archbishop of Dublin on Friday hailed Legion of Mary founder Frank Duff as “prophetic.” Celebrating a Mass marking the centenary of the influential lay association, Archbishop Dermot Farrell said that the Irish civil servant anticipated the insights of the Second Vatican Council, despite “persistent opposition” from Church ...
6 days ago · In 1916 Abhay began his studies at Scottish Church College, a prestigious school in Calcutta founded by Alexander Duff, a Christian missionary. In 1918, while in college, Abhay, as arranged by his father, married Radharani Datta, also from an aristocratic family. They had five children over the course of their marriage.
